Zach Deegan

Zach Deegan

@deegs23.bsky.social

High school chemistry and physics teacher. Urbanism convert trying to live sustainably in the burbs. Electric cargo bike enthusiast. Castle Rock Parks and Trails Foundation Board Member

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"In their seminal book Life After Cars, journalists Aaron Naparstek, Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear write that the noise, pollution, and epidemic of violent death brought to our streets by cars have become so ubiquitous that we no longer even notice them."

nsnews.comOpinion: Cars are the biggest threat on the road, not kids on e-scootersAll the outrage we feel about teens weaving on e-bikes and scooters would be better spent figuring out how to keep massive motorized vehicles away from all other road users

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While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.

My 15 year old wanted to hang with some friends yesterday. The first friend lives like 7 miles away. He needed to get from there to another friend 8 miles away. After that he needed to get home which was 5 miles from friend #2. His ebike made it all doable without someone needing to drive him.

A journalist responding to bullshit masterclass

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social

GOP Gov candidate Scott Bottoms now admits his claim of 50,000 Tren de Aragua gangsters in Colorado is not true. But he still insists that sheriffs he won’t name will soon deputize special forces veterans to fight the Venezuelan gang.

Well, I got caught in a downpour on my bike last night. Didn’t have my rain pants (because I’m a dummy) and I got DRENCHED. I walked into the library soaked from the waist down. Here’s the thing. It was fine… fun even. We avoid mild discomfort to the point where we forget it can be invigorating!

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AOC: "The President of the US is a rapist. The President of the US is implicated in the Epstein files. He is convicted in court on 34 counts of felony fraud"

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This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

I accidentally became an urbanist when, after years of teaching environmental science, I impulse bought an ebike so I could ride a bike to work. Fell down the rabbit hole very quickly after that.

Brandon - "Fietser"@americanfietser.bsky.social

I accidentally became an urbanist when I started going to the Netherlands and realized that cities don't have to suck. ​I came home, dove down a multi-year rabbit hole, and became permanently insufferable about everything we do wrong with our urban infrastructure.

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Trump: "I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba. That's a big honor. Taking Cuba in some form. I think I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth."

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WATCH: Think 15-Minute City conspiracy theorists are just unhinged tin-foil hat nut jobs ranting about global overlords? Well, drop everything and watch this hard-hitting story by the @thedailyshow.com to be proven… um… #UrbanTruth Congrats @culdesac.bsky.social (ps, walkable cities can have cars)

youtube.comCuldesac Is the First Car-Free Neighborhood and Conspiracy Theorists Hate It | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show

Did a brewery by bike tour with a group of 7 guys yesterday. Two of us have been using e-bikes are transportation for several years. The other 5 had never ridden an electric bike. Today, three of those 5 are scanning the used market for a bike and asking for recs. One of us! One of us! One of us!

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Ok, I couldn't stop thinking about this. Apologies to the literally dozens of people I've lifted from... I want to do a fully credited version, but I'm sitting here sobbing and, well, maybe you'll feel some release, too.

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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

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Reformed January 6th participant (who refused a pardon): “You can't gaslight me. I was there. I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down and hit his head and his back. So don't be telling me it wasn't violent.”

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This is not a hard message. Localize it. Embrace it. Win.

April Glick Pulito@aprilglick.bsky.social

Hey National Democrats and Progressives trying to figure out how to message: Watch AOC and Mark and Jumaane and, I’m sure, Zohran’s speeches from today. It’s rare to hear such clear and inspiring messages about hope and power in politics.

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This is obviously a, ah, provocative take on the subject, but it indeed an enormous societal problem that children have stopped walking or biking to school. There are plenty of individually rational reasons parents might drive their kids to school, but, in a wider context, no good reasons.

Cai : go see DIGGER@annenotation.bsky.social

Why the fuck is everybody dropping off their kid at school personally like a little chauffeur? Put them on the fucking bus, you're not a fuckin driver. You're not a fucking slave.

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President Trump spoke publicly about Colorado's Tina Peters for the first time since issuing her a so-called "pardon." Trump did not mention the pardon but did make several false claims about Peters' case. We unpack them one by one.

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